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Huey¹

  • /ˈhjuː.i/

Rhymes with -uːi

Where it comes from

From the pronunciation of Hughie.

proper noun Hueys · Hughie

  1. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the male given name Hugh.

Huey²

  • /ˈhjuː.i/

Rhymes with -uːi

Where it comes from

From the original US Army designation of the Bell 204/205 helicopter, "HU-1", acronymized into "Huey", and extended to cover the Cobra gunship version of the same platform.

noun Hueys

  1. countable, informal An American military helicopter, the UH-1 Iroquois.
  2. countable, informal An American military helicopter, the AH-1 Cobra.

    Similar: Huey Cobra, Huey-Cobra, HueyCobra

Huey³

  • /ˈhjuː.i/

Rhymes with -uːi

proper noun Hueys

  1. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the male given name Hubert.
  2. uncountable Imaginary god who creates surf (waves, and associated conditions), generally used humorously. The spilt milk would be offered as a gift to Surf God Huey who would surely reward our kindness with sick waves. — surfingnz.com, Road Trip #6
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name.

huey⁴

Where it comes from

Derived from Huey, applied by extension to all helicopters, during the Vietnam War.

noun hueys

  1. US, dated, slang A helicopter.

huey⁵

noun hueys

  1. UK, obsolete, slang A town or village.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hey, hughie, hugo, hugh, humph, hank, howie, humphrey, humphry, hymie, humbert, herbie, hutch, haze, horry, harry

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@misc{huey_2026,
  title = {huey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/huey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}